Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) has appointed Tommy Gargotta Executive Vice President of Creative Marketing, it was announced today by Angela Courtin, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Fox Broadcasting Company. Reporting to Courtin, Gargotta will oversee FOX’s on-air promotions and design departments, spanning the network’s print, outdoor, broadcast and digital design strategy and innovation. He will start on March 6th.
“Tommy is one of the most creative marketers in the business," said Courtin. “His extensive experience, passion for marketing and sharp creative eye make him the perfect person to develop strategic campaigns for our breakthrough shows and amplify all of the innovation happening right now throughout FOX."
Gargotta most recently wasPresident of Theatrical Marketing for Relativity Europacorp Distribution (RED), where he managed the marketing campaigns for EuropaCorp's and Relativity Media’s U.S. releases including “Masterminds,” “Miss Sloane,” “The Circle” and “Valerian.” Prior to his work at RED, Gargotta was President of Worldwide Creative Advertising for Sony Pictures where, for more than a decade, he oversaw the marketing campaigns for franchises such as “James Bond” – “Skyfall,” “Quantum of Solace” and “Casino Royale”; “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels & Demons”; “21 Jump Street” and “22 Jump Street”; and “The Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2”, as well as films including “MIB 2 and 3,” “S.W.A.T.,” “Big Daddy,” “Hotel Transylvania” and “Captain Phillips.”
Prior to Sony, Gargotta was Creative Director for the Los Angeles-based Intralink Advertising. Before that, he was a senior producer/editor at the ad agency Trailer Park. Gargotta is an active member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences (AMPAS).
About Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX), a unit of 21st Century Fox, is home to some of the highest-rated and most acclaimed series on television, including EMPIRE, THE MICK, LETHAL WEAPON, LUCIFER, GOTHAM, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, NEW GIRL, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, BONES, STAR, THE SIMPSONS, SON OF ZORN, FAMILY GUY, BOB’S BURGERS, HELL’S KITCHEN, MASTERCHEF, MASTERCHEF JUNIOR and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, as well as new series 24: LEGACY, APB and MAKING HISTORY. FOX airs 15 hours of primetime programming a week, as well as major sports and Sunday morning news. Through the FOX NOW app, FOX viewers can watch full episodes of their favorite FOX shows on a variety of digital platforms, while enjoying enhanced interactive and social capabilities around those shows. Download the FOX NOW app at www.fox.com/foxnow. To watch primetime programming live on the web, visitwww.fox.com/live. “Like” FOX on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FOXTV and follow the network on Twitter @FOXTV. For additional information about FOX, please visit www.fox.com.
[EDITOR’S NOTE:A photo of Mr. Gargotta is available atwww.foxflash.com.]
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